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Also Known As Gomidas • Solomon Solomonian • Soghomon Soghomonian
Born October 8, 1869 • Kütahya • Ottoman Empire
Died October 22, 1935 (aged 66) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study folk music • Armenia

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